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The Top 10 Data Center Stories for November 2020

By Rich Miller - December 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

Digital Realty's Building P in Ashburn is among the multi-tenant data center facilities housing different types of workloads. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Edge, Equinix and Atlanta were the three themes that grabbed readers’ attention in November. Here are the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in November 2020, in order of article views.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Equinix, Microsoft, Switch Data Centers, Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Raises $1.25 Billion in Equity Capital to Fund Data Center Growth

By Rich Miller - November 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Vantage Data Centers CA21 facility in Santa Clara, Calif. (Photo: Vantage)

Vantage Data Centers has raised $1.25 billion in equity funding from its current investors, led by Digital Colony. The funding reinforces the value proposition of building wholesale data center space for hyperscale customers, including the leading players in cloud computing and online commerce.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, Digital Colony, Vantage Data Centers

Colony’s Digital Playbook Powers Edge Strategy for DataBank

By Rich Miller - November 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Colony Capital has built DataBank through a deal-driven “digital playbook” that brings together a convergence of technologies, companies and investors. The goal: capture the huge opportunity in edge computing.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Edge Computing

DataBank Acquires zColo Data Centers in Major Expansion

By Rich Miller - September 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Colocation provider DataBank has agreed to acquire zColo in a deal that dramatically expands DataBank’s data center network, adding 44 data centers across 23 markets in the U.S. and Europe.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Zayo

Colony-Led Group Invests $1.2 Billion in Vantage Portfolio, Funding Future Growth

By Rich Miller - July 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Vantage V5 data center in Santa Clara, Calif. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Colony Capital is leading an investor group that will invest $1.2 billion in Vantage Data Centers’ data centers, providing Vantage with capital to build more data centers.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Acquires NGD to Continue European Expansion

By Rich Miller - April 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

Vantage Data Centers is continuing its expansion into European markets with a definitive agreement to acquire Next Generation Data (NGD), a massive data center facility in Cardiff, Wales.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, Europe, Vantage Data Centers

Colony Capital Invests in DataBank, Has Big Plans in Digital Infrastructure

By Rich Miller - January 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

Colony Capital intends to be an active investor in the data center sector in 2020 and beyond. Its recent $185 million investment in DataBank provides insights to Colony’s strategy to expand aggressively into digital infrastructure.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Edge Computing, Vantage Data Centers

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How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency Russell Senesac, Director of Data Center Strategy at Schneider Electric, explores how to address distributed IT management and the tools available today.

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The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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3 Questions to Ask Your Data Center about Environmental & Social Responsibility

In a world rightly concerned about climate change, growing energy requirements can be a liability. But with a few actionable steps, data center decision makers can use their energy purchasing power to be part of the solution.  The new report explores these three questions to ask your data center provider about their energy consumption.

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